Behind the Pathways: Education Partners at Work

Since 2020, Futuro Health has built a network of 43 vetted education partners across 172 campuses to meet the needs of Scholars and employers. Each partner is carefully selected and aligned to shared standards—including daily data exchange—so we can track learner progress and drive outcomes together. 

The result: an 83% healthcare credential completion rate—well above benchmarks—serving a diverse population that is 90% multicultural, 46% multilingual, and averages age 31.

Together, we’re creating clear, coordinated pathways for adult learners to enter and advance in healthcare careers. To partner with us, contact partnership@futurohealth.org.

Partner Spotlight: Griffin School of Allied Health

Watch Video:  Hear from Scholars Kayla and Nicole on the impact of Futuro Health’s partnership with Griffin School of Allied Health in Connecticut.

Our Latest Blog: Not Enough Doors, Too Many Gaps: Why Education Isn’t Producing the Healthcare Workforce We Need

By: Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO, Futuro Health

Think about the number of disconnected systems a learner must navigate to move from education into employment, especially in healthcare. What should be a pathway often feels more like a maze. A single workforce program can involve multiple handoffs: recruitment and screening, coursework through a community college or alternative provider, clinical placement with an employer, state exam preparation through yet another entity, and finally job placement and coaching. Each step may work well on its own, but together they rarely function as a coherent system. At Futuro Health, we set out to simplify this learner journey, especially for adults from underserved communities.

Meet the Team Powering Our Education Partnerships

Futuro Health’s Education Partnerships team collaborates closely with our education providers to ensure Scholars learn in high‑quality, supportive training environments. By thoughtfully sourcing partners and working side‑by‑side through data‑driven standards and ongoing collaboration, they help elevate programs that share Futuro Health’s commitment to Scholar completion, certification, and long‑term success in allied health careers.

Dr. Joshua Travis Brown, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education: How Higher Education Went From Mission-Driven to Margin-Obsessed

Market competition and the consequences of federal education policy have fundamentally changed our system of higher education and distorted the values of mission-driven schools. That's the stark reality depicted by Dr. Joshua Travis Brown of the Johns Hopkins School of Education in his book, Capitalizing on College: How Higher Education Went From Mission-Driven to Margin-Obsessed, which we’ll be exploring on today's episode of WorkforceRx. The deeply researched book draws on 150 in-person interviews with leaders at religious institutions to detail the non-traditional strategies they pursued to generate needed revenues, and analyzes what those choices mean for current and future students and the system at large. “It goes back to the moment where those institutions were about to close and the leaders said ‘we have to change in this moment of crisis. We've got to jettison norms and innovate.’” In this revealing interview with Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan, Dr. Brown shares candid conversations he had with leaders struggling with the tension between mission and margin. He also addresses the financially burdensome residential model and the case colleges need to make about the value of an on-campus experience, or getting a degree at all, in the age of AI. You’ll also hear why Dr. Brown thinks Americans have a distorted view of higher education, learn about the principles of innovation used by the schools that can apply to many types of organizations, and why he’s optimistic about the future of the sector.